Written By: Noor Rahim At AMANI Birth, we encourage expecting mothers to not simply “endure” any pain they may encounter but to accept it head-on with effective coping mechanisms. These habits boost the mother’s confidence and allow pain to no longer be an impending fear that throws her in a state of panic. From these habits is to learn how to engage in tummy (or diaphragmatic) breathing in order to signal calmness to the parasympathetic nervous system and this amazingly decreases the mother’s pain. Another habit that is commonly mentioned, yet not delved as deeply into, is the power and [...]